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Transfer students

At Kansas State University, you'll find a friendly, welcoming environment for new
students. We have events, services, programs and scholarships just for transfer students.

Transfer tips

Keep studying hard before you get to K-State. Your good grades can help you earn scholarships,
and they'll leave a lasting impression on your current professors. You can also bring
your study habits to K-State.

Plan ahead. Talk to K-State staff and current students to find out more about departments and majors. You can discover
your interests, investigate courses, find graduation requirements, and get guidance
on how to get where you want to be.

Get involved. You'll have more than 475 campus clubs and organizations to choose from,
so you can find something that fits your interests. Joining a club helps you meet
fellow K-Staters.

Admissions requirements

Students with 24 or more completed transfer hours must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 on
all transfer course work by the time they start at K-State. Students with fewer than
24 hours must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on all transfer course work but
also must meet the freshman admission standards corresponding to high school graduation
year.

Majors with different requirements

Manhattan campus

Academic program

Type of student

Requirements

College of Architecture, Planning and Design

Freshmen or transfer

Admission is selective based on academic performance and space availability. Fall
entry term only. Submit application, application fee, all transcripts and ACT or SAT
scores postmarked by February 1.

Interior design, College of Human Ecology

Freshmen or transfer

Admission is selective based on academic performance and space availability. Fall
entry term only. Submit application, application fee, all transcripts and ACT or SAT
scores postmarked by February 1 for priority consideration. Applications postmarked
after Feb. 1 may be given waitlist consideration.

Admission is selective based on academic performance and space availability. Submit
application, application fee, all transcripts and ACT or SAT scores postmarked by
February 1 for priority consideration.

Athletic training

Transfer

Transfer students must have a cumulative college/university GPA of 2.75 on 24 or more
hours. Students with a 2.0 to 2.74 GPA are eligible for admission into human ecology
undeclared, or HEUN.

College of Business Administration

Transfer

Transfer students must have a cumulative college/university GPA of 2.5 or higher.

College of Engineering

Transfer

Transfer students must have a cumulative college/university GPA of 2.75. Students
with a 2.5 to 2.74 GPA are eligible for admission into engineering undeclared, or
ENUN.

Pre-health professions

Transfer

Transfer students must have a cumulative college/university GPA of 3.0 or higher to
utilize pre-health professions advising.

Students who transfer to a Kansas public university from a Kansas public community
college or technical college (or vice versa) are eligible for Reverse Transfer, which
allows for the attainment of any associate degree for which one is eligible along
the way to additional certificates and degrees.

Transfer process

Many college credits transfer to K-State. K-State's academic departments will determine
if and how these courses will be applied to your degree program. Your K-State GPA
is figured only on courses taken at K-State.

Send transcripts

After you apply for admission and scholarships, have the registrar's office at the college you've attended mail, fax or send an
authorized electronic transcript to the K-State admissions office.

If you completed college-level work during high school, you are also required to provide
official college transcripts. You may have them faxed to us at 785-532-6393. If your
registrar's office uses an electronic transcript provider, send them to k-state@k-state.edu.

If this is your first semester taking college courses, do not send a college transcript
until the current semester ends and grades are recorded on the transcript. If you
have completed college courses at the school you are now attending, have your transcript
sent now and again after your current semester ends and grades are recorded on the
transcript. A partial transcript is often sufficient to allow us to make an early
admission decision and to begin the transfer credit evaluation for degree requirements.

If you are younger than 21, and if you have earned fewer than 24 hours of college-level
credit by the time you plan to attend K-State, have your high school mail, fax, or
send an authorized electronic transcript. Request that ACT send your official test results to K-State (college code 1428). SAT scores may substitute for ACT scores (college code 6334).

Grades

The College of Engineering will not use any courses with a grade of D toward meeting
degree requirements. All courses used in engineering degrees must be graded A, B or
C.

Grades of C or higher are required in all courses labeled as foundation, professional,
and supporting in College of Human Ecology degree programs.

The grade of D will transfer to K-State. However, if the D grade was earned in a foundation
course, you may be required to repeat the course so that you will be successful in
subsequent courses.

Credits

The unit of credit at K-State is the semester hour. All incoming transcripts will
be converted to semester hours. Quarter credits are converted as follows: 1 quarter
hour = .67 semester hour.

Courses accepted for transfer to K-State are college-level and academic in nature.
Courses not accepted for transfer include such courses as vocational and technical,
remedial and personal-interest courses. English language courses from international
schools will not be accepted for transfer credit.

Two religion courses from a religiously affiliated institution will be accepted for
transfer credit.

There is no limit on the age of the courses you have completed. Your K-State college
will advise you which, if any, of the courses need to be updated to meet degree requirements.

Transfer equivalency

The transfer of credit is determined by the educational quality of the transfer institution,
the comparability of content and level of credit earned, and the applicability of
credit earned to K-State's degree requirements. Most academic credits submitted from
any regionally accredited two- or four-year college, community college or university
are accepted by K-State.

Graduating

The Kansas Board of Regents requires that you complete at least 120 semester credit
hours (some programs require more), 60 of which must be from institutions that have
awarded the majority of their degrees at the bachelor's level or above. A minimum
of 45 semester credit hours must be in upper-division courses. You must complete at
least 30 hours at K-State, 20 of which must be in residence at K-State.

Services

K-State offers programs, events and services for transfer students to help ease the
transition to a new campus.

Visit K-State at a Transfer Visit Day or through a personalized visit. Visiting K-State will give you a better feel for campus. Admitted students will
also be invited to orientation and enrollment on the earliest available date before
each term.

Ambassador program

Any transfer student is welcome to get involved in the Transfer Ambassador Program
and help other transfer students make a smooth transition to K-State. The program
offers many activities for students to develop leadership, get involved on campus
and develop relationships. Phi Theta Kappa alumni are strongly encouraged to join!
Find out more on Transfer Ambassador Program site.